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WACO, Texas (Oct. 26, 2012) - Named after the clear-singing rooster in Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," Grammy Award-winning all-male, 12-member vocal ensemble Chanticleer is coming to Waco to perfore a mix of contemporary music, jazz, spirituals and world music.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 26, 2012) - Dana Renga, Ph.D., a professor of Italian at The Ohio State University, will be hosted by the department of modern foreign language in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University. Her lecture "Marketing the Mob: From the Corleonesi to the Camorra" will be given at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Room 116 in Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh Street.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 25, 2012) - An autumn celebration with activities from the late 19th century will be held at the Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village in Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex, 1218 S. University Parks Drive. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 24, 2012) - Try to imagine how the practice of medicine will transform in the next decade. Now think of ways universities can contribute to this change. What comes to mind?

WACO, Texas (Oct. 22, 2012) - Baylor University will host author James Donovan for a lecture on the Battle of the Alamo at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in Bennett Auditorium in Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St. A reception and book signing will follow at The Texas Collection in Carroll Library, 1429 S. Fifth St.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 16, 2012) - One of the nation's leading authorities on media literacy education, Renee Hobbs, Ed.D., is the founding director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 16, 2012) - Owen Lind, Ph.D., professor of biology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University, will give a special lecture on "Northern Invasion of a Tropical Toxic Algae: Lake Waco and Beyond." This event will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Lake Waco Wetlands, 1752 Eichelberger Crossing Road. The lecture is hosted in part by the Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research (CRASR), a collaboration between Baylor University and the City of Waco.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 16, 2012) -- Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing received more than $35,000 in donations on the Communities Foundation of Texas' annual North Texas Giving Day Sept. 13. This year, 78 donors made gifts to the nursing school during the online event.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 15, 2012) - "Technology and Human Flourishing" will be the theme of the 2012 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, hosted by the Institute for Faith and Learning, on Thursday, Oct. 25, through Saturday, Oct. 27.
WACO, Texas (Oct. 11, 2012) - Families of students at Baylor University will experience life as a "Baylor Bear" through various campus activities and events to be held as part of this year's Parent and Family Weekend on Oct. 12-13.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 12, 2012) - The Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor will host John G. Turner, Ph.D., professor of religious studies at George Mason University, to speak on "A Tale of Two Brigham Youngs: The Mormon Journey from Illinois to Utah." The lecture will take place at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer School of Business, 1428 S. Fifth St.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 12, 2012) - Many times when the word opera is mentioned, it is closely associated with a long, boring performance for the musically inclined. However, "Rita" by Gaetano Donizetti is the perfect opera for beginners. It offers great music, a funny story and is performed in less than one hour.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 10, 2012) - The Baylor University Bookstore will join the variety of activities planned for Parent and Family Weekend with an in-store Book Signing event on Saturday, Oct. 13, for visitors to meet and have books signed by a range of local authors and Baylor alumni.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 9, 2012) - Justin Shubow, chairman of the National Civic Art Society in Washington, D.C., will be hosted by the Honors College at Baylor University for a lecture on, "A Monumental Fight: The Eisenhower Memorial and America's Historical Memory." The event will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in the Alexander Reading Room of Alexander Residence Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2012) - The College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University welcomes Michael R. Waters, Ph.D., Holder of the Endowed Chair in First Americans Studies and professor of anthropology and geography at Texas A&M University, for his lecture - "In Search of the First Americans" - at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in the Baylor Sciences Building, Room B.110.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2012) - Students who ride the After Hours Baylor University Shuttle (BUS) can now use their smart phones to track the real-time location of the shuttle as it travels through the Baylor campus during nighttime hours.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2012) - As part of the Drumwright Family Lecture Series, Robert B. Sloan Jr., Ph.D., will give an address on "Read, Watch, and Pray: A Charge to the Custodians and Prophets of the Great Texts." The third annual lecture hosted by Baylor University's Honors College will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the Alexander Reading Room of Alexander Residence Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 8, 2012) - From singing contests to game nights, Baylor's department of multicultural affairs has it all. This year's Hispanic Heritage Month features different events throughout the month of October, all with different types of entertainment.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 5, 2012) - "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." -1 Corinthians 13:13.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 3, 2012) - Business Review, a radio production of the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University that presents the latest in business trends and research, is being released to the national public radio market after seven years of local broadcast on Baylor's NPR affiliate KWBU-FM 103.3.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 1, 2012) - From Mount Holyoke after a thunderstorm to the heart of the Andes Mountains, panoramic landscapes are a sight to behold, particularly from an easel. Distinguished guest lecturer Alan Wallach, Ph.D., visits Baylor's Allbritton Art Institute to offer a perspective on the Hudson River School, the first generation of American landscape painters.

WACO, Texas (Oct. 1, 2012) - Keith Devlin, Ph.D., a commentator known as "The Math Guy" on National Public Radio's Weekend Edition, will be the guest lecturer for the Fifth Annual Baylor Undergraduate Lecture Series in Mathematics in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 28, 2012) - The Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research (CRASR), a partnership between Baylor University and the City of Waco, has announced the guest speakers featured in its Fall 2012 Seminar Series. Lectures will be given at 12:20 p.m. in the Baylor Sciences Building, Room A.108.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 28, 2012) -- Award-winning author Anne Fadiman will be the featured guest for the 2012 Beall-Russell Lecture hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in Room 510 in the Cashion Building of the Hankamer School of Business, 1428 S. Fifth St.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 28, 2012) - The Martin Museum of Art will to host two events in October to engage art enthusiasts as part of its "Family and Faith Series," exploring the relationship between families and the spiritual life.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 28, 2012) - Baylor University welcomes John P. Giesy, Ph.D., a world-renowned ecological researcher, for a lecture hosted by the department of environmental science in the College of Arts & Sciences at Baylor University and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research. The lecture will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in the Baylor Sciences Building, Room D.109.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 28, 2012) - Baylor welcomes Merold Westphal, Ph.D., to the Fall Philosophy and Religion Colloquium Series. The series is made possible by the generosity of Baylor graduate, Dr. B.R. Eubanks.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 26, 2012) - The Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research (CASPER) has announced the guest speakers featured in the Fall 2012 Seminar Series. Lectures will be given at 1:30 p.m. in the Baylor Sciences Building, Room E.231, unless otherwise noted.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 26) - The smash-hit musical comedy "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" opens tonight as a cast of more than 20 people indulge audiences in an interactive experience. The "fourth wall" between cast and audience disappears as actors turn out and talk to the conductor or dialogue about how they are actors in a play.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 24, 2012) - Joan Breton Connelly, Ph.D., professor of classics at New York University, will present a lecture titled, "The Parthenon Revisited: Daughters, Democracy and the Ultimate Sacrifice."

WACO, Texas (Sept. 24, 2012) - Baylor University will host "OsoSafe," the university's annual Campus Safety and Awareness Day from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, during Dr Pepper Hour in Barfield Drawing Room in the Bill Daniel Student Center. The event will be followed by a "live burn" on Fifth Street of a mock dorm room to demonstrate how quickly a fire can spread in a dorm room setting.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 20, 2012) - Presidential campaigns of the past come to the forefront again as Baylor University's W.R. Poage Legislative Library opens "Race for the White House," a fascinating exhibit of past presidential campaign materials ranging from campaign buttons to intriguing 3-D materials.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 19, 2012) - The School of Music at Baylor University will host Latin Grammy award-winning pianist Pablo Ziegler and the Pablo Ziegler Trio as the first performance in this year's Distinguished Artist Series. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, at Roxy Grove Hall in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2012) - The Baylor School of Music Lyceum series welcomes internationally acclaimed artists and teachers to share their professional knowledge and skills directly with Baylor students. This semester kicks off with music theorist Robert Gjerdingen.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 19, 2012) - Bipolar disorder has been a difficult and controversial condition to diagnose, particularly in youth. The disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood and energy.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2012) - The department of religion at Baylor University will host British theologian Graham Ward, Ph.D., for a special lecture entitled "The City and The Birth of Modern Theology." The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 18, 2012 at Miller Chapel in the Tidwell Bible Building 600 Speight Ave.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2012): Movies and math collide this Thursday Sept. 20 for a special event hosted by Baylor Undergraduate Research in Science and Technology (BURST) and the Baylor Math Club. Tom Banchoff, Ph.D., is a well-known mathematician specializing in geometry from Brown University, where he has taught since 1967. He will be joined by movie maker Dano Johnson.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 18, 2012) - "The Cross and the Book," a symposium about higher education and secularization in the 19th century, will premiere on Thursday, Sept. 20, as part of Baylor University's commemoration of the bicentennial of the birth of Robert Browning.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 17, 2012) - The department of spiritual life at Baylor University will host the "Be the Change" Conference beginning Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. This annual student-led event offers the Baylor community a perspective on mission activities in the world through keynote speakers, breakout sessions, guest mission practitioners, missions organizations, cross-culture events and other learning opportunities.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 13, 2012) - Ever since the Enlightenment, Western Christians have striven to come to terms with modern science, to understand the impact of advances in geology, astronomy and higher criticism of Scripture, and to assess how to incorporate those insights into education.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 12, 2012) - Creation and evolution, earthquakes, and soil databases are among the topics that Baylor University's department of geology will discuss this fall. The Geology 5050 Colloquium Series begins this Friday Sept. 14.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 13, 2012) - Baylor University President Ken Starr will welcome renowned constitutional law scholar Akhil Reed Amar - Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and author of America's Constitution: A Biography and America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By - to the Baylor campus for "On Topic With President Ken Starr," a series of compelling conversations on contemporary issues, at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, in Waco Hall.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 12, 2012) - The department of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor University has announced guest speakers for the Fall 2012 Physics Colloquium. Lectures will be given at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Baylor Sciences Building, Room E.125.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 11, 2012) - Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art will host a photography exhibit by artist Keith Carter. The exhibit, Fireflies, features images reminiscent of childhood memories. Informed by Carter's own imagination-filled days, these images allow the viewer to escape to the stories, dreams, and fantasy worlds of a child's mind.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 10, 2012) - Baylor University Carillonneur Lynnette Geary will play a memorial recital on the 11th anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, on the McLane Carillon in Pat Neff Hall Tower. The program is presented in memory of those who perished in the assaults.

WACO, Texas (Sept. 5, 2012) - The department of modern foreign languages at Baylor University welcomes Perry Gethner, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of French at Oklahoma State University, who will present a lecture on "Early Modern Female Playwrights and the Struggle for Center Stage" at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in room 102 of Morrison Hall.
In observance of Labor Day, Baylor University administrative offices will be closed and no classes will be held on Monday, Sept. 3.
WACO, Texas (Sept. 4, 2012) -- Murder mysteries, music-filled sagas, aeronautical documentaries and football die-hards will make their debut as Texas Independent Film Network and Baylor University's Film and Digital Media team up for the Fall 2012 Film Series.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 30, 2012) -- "It's the End of the World as We Know it and I Feel Fine" - a Thursday, Sept. 6, lecture about the decoding of the Maya 2012 calendar -- will be the first in a short series of lectures at Baylor University's Mayborn Museum Complex in conjunction with the museum exhibit Encounters with the Maya.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 24, 2012) - Daniel Hare, a 2009 alumnus of Baylor Law School, has been named the law school's director of career development-employment relations in the Office of Career Development. As director of career development, Hare will work with Angela Cruseturner, assistant dean of career development, to recruit, develop and maintain relationships with legal employers.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 23, 2012) - From Day One of Baylor's existence, chapel has been a part of the lives of students and faculty. Chapel not only offers an opportunity to escape from the typical classroom setting, but it stimulates fellowship through worship and theological learning within the Baylor community.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 22, 2012) - Four faculty members at Baylor University have analyzed 2012 election topics ranging from young voters' behavior to candidates' religious affiliations to ranking polls to social media's role in politics.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 21, 2012) - As head football coach Art Briles and the Baylor Bears prepare for their season opener, Baylor University will kick off the 2012 football season with a community-wide Traditions Rally at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at Floyd Casey Stadium. The event - which is free and open to the public - will feature a pep rally with members of the team and coaching staff, a performance by country music recording artist Cory Morrow and a fireworks show.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 22, 2012) -- Baylor University's Staff Council announced today the Endowed Scholarship Fund Honoring Baylor Staff has reached its goal and will begin disbursing funds to students in fall 2012.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 22, 2012) -- The Right Rev. Vashti McKenzie -- a former journalist and broadcaster who broke the "stained-glass ceiling" when she was elected the first female bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church's 200-year history - will speak on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at George W. Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 20, 2012) - The Brazos Ensemble, a faculty chamber music group from Baylor University, will present a recital on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall, in the Glennis McCrary Music Building.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 10, 2012)- As summer nears an end, nearly 500 Baylor students will receive their diplomas during Baylor University's annual summer commencement at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Ferrell Center. Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will hold its commencement ceremony for 32 graduates at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at the seminary's Powell Chapel.
WACO, Texas (Aug. 9, 2012) -- Baylor University College of Arts & Sciences Dean Lee C. Nordt has announced a realignment of leadership structure and responsibilities. Effective Aug. 1, the 26 departments in Arts & Sciences have been organized into two academic divisions, each under the leadership of a divisional dean.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 7, 2012) - In a continuing effort to provide alumni, parents and the general public with a convenient online ordering system for Parents and Family Weekend, Homecoming special events and single-game football tickets, Baylor University will launch single-game and event ticket sales on Wednesday, Aug. 8.

WACO, Texas (Aug. 7, 2012) - They came to cultivate their Baylor University spirit. By the time they left, they had planted deep roots not only on campus but in community gardens around their soon-to-be hometown city of Waco. Nearly 1,600 incoming freshmen attending July's Baylor Line Camps sowed the seeds of worldwide leadership and service by partnering with the HOT Urban Gardening Coalition (HOTUGC) for this year's city-wide community service project.

WACO, Texas (July 13, 2012) -- Construction is under way at Baylor University's Armstrong Browning Library on the "Garden of Contentment," a beautifully landscaped, flexible outdoor gathering space and garden that will complete Dr. A.J. Armstrong's original vision for the library.

Pieces of a whole: that is the best way to describe the new exhibit at Baylor's Martin Museum of Art.
WACO, Texas (July 13, 20120) -- Nearly 300 participants will gather at Baylor University for the annual Alleluia Conference -- an event to provide training sessions for church music ministers, choirs and musicians, as well as concerts and worship sessions open to the public -- on Tuesday, July 17, through Friday, July 20.

WACO, Texas (June 25, 2012) -- Baylor University is mourning the death of Dr. Susan E. Colón of Hewitt, Associate Dean of the Honors College, Assistant Director of the University Scholars Program, and Associate Professor of Literature in the Honors Program at Baylor. She passed away Sunday morning after a six-month battle with cancer.
Waco, Texas (June 21, 2012) - In April 1912, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, which resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 lives. Students from Baylor University Law School will try to prove there was negligence in this maritime disaster during their upcoming "Big Trial" court program.

WACO, Texas (June 20, 2012) -Baylor University has created the iCivics Summer Fellowship program sending a professor and two students to Washington, D.C. this week to work with the iCivics national team.

WACO, Texas (June 12, 2012)- Summer has arrived at Baylor University, and with it comes students arriving by the bus and car loads. Many of these elementary-to-high school aged students are looking to learn a new skill or sharpen a talent at one of the many camps offered throughout the summer.

WACO, Texas (June 11, 2012) - More than 90 high school seniors are deliberately using algebra this summer--for fun. This week, Waco and LaVega Independent School District students are participating in Project S.T.O.M.P. (Summer Travels Opening Mathematical Possibilities) at Baylor University. In its sixth and final year, Project S.T.O.M.P. gives students an opportunity to apply mathematical concepts in the real world exposing them to various career fields that support their learning of mathematics.

WACO, Texas (May 24, 2012) - The works of artists who are described as "Fathers" of their media, "most important artist" in their country during their lifetime, as well as contemporary artists whose work is in important national and international collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum in London is on display at Baylor University's on-campus art museum, Martin Museum of Art.

WACO, Texas (May 24, 2012) - Dr. Rafer S. Lutz, chair and associate professor of health, human performance and recreation at Baylor's School of Education, died Wednesday, May 23, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 42. A memorial service for Lutz is set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, in the Paul W. Powell Chapel at George W. Truett Theological Seminary on the Baylor campus.

WACO, Texas (May 14, 2011) - Following a nationwide search, Dr. Dennis O'Neal, has been named the new dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University. His appointment is effective Aug. 6, 2012.

WACO, Texas (May 9, 2012) - Baylor University announced today that the university has received a major gift from John Eddie Williams Jr., BBA '76, JD '78, of Houston for Baylor Stadium. This generous gift, which ranks among the top five capital gifts in university history, will support construction of the university's new on-campus football stadium - Baylor Stadium - to be built alongside the Brazos River. With this naming rights gift, the field at Baylor Stadium will be named John Eddie Williams Field.

Waco, Texas (April 16, 2012)-The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost announced today that Baylor University's Paul L. Foster Success Center (PLFSC) - which encompasses five departments ranging from academic advisement and support to career counseling and career services for Baylor students - has transitioned from Finance and Administration and Enrollment Management to the leadership of Academic Affairs.